A few weeks ago, The Hoop Doctors gave you the heads up that Impact Basketball would be organizing a league in September that would comprise of just NBA players. I’m sure you have had your fair share of Pro-Am leagues this summer, so this is a bit different. There was much speculation as to which players would be participating. Would it be just young players or would veterans want to be involved as well? Well, now we have our answer. It looks like it will be a nice mix of both.
In alphabetical order, here are the guys expected to play:
Tony Allen, Al Farouq Aminu, Alan Anderson, James Anderson, Jared Bayless, Chauncey Billups, Avery Bradley, Jimmy Butler, Derek Caracter, Jordan Crawford, Stephen Curry, Austin Daye, Demar Derozen, Jared Dudley, Melvin Ely, Jeremy Evans, Desmond Farmer, TJ Ford, Channing Frye, Paul George, Jordan Hamilton, Josh Harrelson, Al Harrington, Manny Harris, JJ Hickson, Ryan Hollins, Larry Hughes, Stephen Jackson, Jared Jeffries, Armon Johnson, Dahntay Jones, Damon Jones, Dominque Jones, Courtney Lee, Malcolm Lee, Kawhi Leonard, Travis Leslie, Rashard Lewis, Kyle Lowry, Shelvin Mack, Corey Maggette, Kenyon Martin, Roger Mason, Wesley Matthews, Jermaine O’Neal, Larry Owens, Morris Peterson, Zach Randolph, Brandon Rush, Josh Selby, Xavier Silas, Marresse Speights, Iman Shumpert, Corey Stokes, Sebastian Telfair, Isaiah Thomas, Jamaal Tinsley, Ekpe Udoh, John Wall, Willie, Warren, Hakim Warrick, CJ Watson, Martell Webster, Bonzi Wells, Terrico White, Jordan Williams, Mo Williams, Shawne Williams, Dorell Wright and Nick Young.
Also, here are some specifics about the league according to Impact Basketball’s Press Release:
Joe Abunassar and Impact Basketball, the world’s leader in basketball training and development will host an unprecedented training and competition series in Las Vegas, Sept 12th – Sept 23rd. Over 60 NBA players will attend to train and play competitive games each day. Games will be held Monday through Thursday during the week of September 12th and Monday through Friday the week of September 19th. After the conclusion of daily skills and performance workouts the competitive games will be conducted at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, and 7:30 pm.
Should be interesting.
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